Stories tagged “Free verse”

I touch this cold glass
smooth under my fingertips
Framed with rubies at the top
And gold all round.
with Love at every corner
and Joy at every sparkle
This is no ordinary mirror
this is truly extraordinary
It shows me in her.
I see my world
crystal cl...

Bless her.
The girl without a father,
Without a suitable family,
Stuck taking care of her sister’s child
At the age of thirteen.
Bless her.
She’s done her share of stupid things,
And her old friends won’t let go.
She’s put it al...

My refuge is audacity, my sword is generosity. The center of my mind is the whole of nature.
I consider myself a warrior, a soldier, a knight. The law I follow is written on my own heart.
If you look at me, what do you see? My armor is invisible, my he...

To watch is to witness grace,
to know passion,
to behold flow.
New, enchanted, I try.
I step back in time with my partner,
but slowly,
awkwardly,
trying to keep distance.
I try to know my partner’s mind,
to anticipate,
but to no avail.
A stubborn...

when what you can’t control outweighs what you can
like time and the fact that you had no say in existence
to begin with; would you consider fate to still be bitter
or is it sweet mint and cinnamon and rain like glitter?
Because it surely encompa...

He needs a neurotic antibiotic,
If you’re not too hectic now.
And a narcissistic antiseptic,
If you’d conclude to allow.
Call a cathartic medic.
He’s heart sick
With a nickel to his name.
Rip the IV from his vein.
Don’t worry,...

Drowning in your eyes
Warm puddles of green.
The water looked so inviting
but now I’m drowning in you.
To silence my choking cries
Merely close your emerald eyes.
Darkness and silence,
I think I’d rather be buried.
If you keep me captive in...

There is something about that voice that is electrifying
Something mysterious, unknown, & undying
A smile so devious that goes with this voice
It makes my heart stutter without choice
An ecstatic grin creeps onto my face
When I hear its vibrant spr...

Claws and fangs
and poison dripping from their lips
without any of them realizing
although they rip and bite and infect
They expect you to be blind
Just like them, until someone makes them turn over
And you see the bitter truth of the covered side
You ...

You are furious and hurt and in despair at the scale of carnage
A helping hand helps you see that you can be useful and are needed
You muster up your courage and bind your own recent wounds
You push the poison out of your veins, flushing it out of your...

What happened to this? What happened to us?
We always joke about the future and the past..
but this feeling was never planned.
It was not supposed to happen, but now that its here;
we can’t send it back.
Now this idea is in both of our laps.
Wait...

It was the month
When we both had suffered losses
And we both covered up the fact
That we were blaming ourselves
By blaming each other
For our personal problems
And we both forgot the time
I tried to bake you a cake
But you weren’t a fan of straw...

How thin am I wearing?
Paper thin.
But my hips are wide,
wider than yours,
wider than yours,
More than hour glassy.
“You need to floss.”
I’m rotting all over.
Doctor, shouldn’t you numb me first?
Before you open up my chest?
And...

Said the darkness to the candle, “Why fightest thou the night?”
Said the candle to the shadow, “Why begrudgest thou my light?
’Tis only in the contrast that thine shape and form is known.”
“Oh, thine folly is what of...

Faintly smelling of mint and smoke,
the being lifted his heavy head…
antlers and fur and all.
“Wanna drag?” he asked, but I shook my head.
“I don’t smoke,” I said, “could kill me. Could kill you too.”
...